2025–26 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team

2025–26 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball
2025–26 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball
Conference	American Conference
Record	8–23 (5–13 American)
Head coach	Terry Nooner (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Antwain Scales; Brooke Costley; Patrick Harrison; Uyen Tran; Mandy Willems;
Home arena	Charles Koch Arena
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team represented Wichita State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Shockers, led by third-year head coach Terry Nooner, played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas, as members of the American Conference.

ConferenceAmerican Conference

Record8–23 (5–13 American)

Headcoach

Terry Nooner (3rd season)

Assistant coaches

Antwain Scales
Brooke Costley
Patrick Harrison
Uyen Tran
Mandy Willems

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2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	17	–	1	.944	29	–	6	.829
East Carolina	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
South Florida	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
Tulsa	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
North Texas	11	–	7	.611	19	–	14	.576
UTSA †	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Temple	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Charlotte	8	–	10	.444	14	–	18	.438
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Tulane	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
UAB	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Memphis	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323

† 2026 American tournament winner

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Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Taylor Jameson	0	G	5'5"	Graduate student	Wichita, KS	Graduated
KP Parr	2	G	5'4"	Freshman	Waco, TX	Transferred to Texas State
Princess Anderson	3	G	5'7"	Junior	Beaumont, TX	Transferred to Charlotte
Jayla Murray	4	F	6'0"	RS junior	St. Louis, MO	Transferred to Ole Miss
Ornella Niankan	5	F	6'0"	Senior	Montreal, Quebec	Transferred to Fordham
Jordan Jackson	11	G/F	6'0"	RS sophomore	Sachse, TX	Transferred to Houston Christian
Ella Anciaux	13	C	6'4"	Senior	Wichita, KS	Graduated
Carla Budane	14	F	5'11"	RS junior	Maputo, Mozambique	TBD; not listed on roster^[a]
Aicha Ndour	21	C	6'6"	Senior	Somone, Senegal	Graduated, transferred to Georgia
Jasmine Peaks	22	G	5'6"	Junior	Palm Bay, FL	Transferred to Longwood
Salese Blow	25	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Murphy, TX	Transferred to Texas A&M

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Azjah Reeves	0	G	5'8"	Junior	Oklahoma City, OK	McNeese
Abby Cater	2	G	5'7"	Graduate student	PG County, MD	Austin Peay
Jaila Harding	4	G	5'8"	Graduate student	Wichita, KS	New Mexico State
Diamond Richardson	5	G	5'7"	Senior	Sacramento, CA	Langston (NAIA)
Bella Belong	8	F	6'2"	Junior	Yaounde, Cameroon	South Plains (NJCAA)
Jaida McDonald	11	F	5'11"	Junior	Dallas, TX	Pensacola State (NJCAA)
Taya Davis	14	G	5'7"	Graduate student	Decatur, IL	Fordham
Treasure Thompson	21	F	6'2"	Graduate student	Joliet, IL	Texas Southern
Karys Washington	25	G	5'10"	Junior	Fort Smith, AR	Coffeyville CC (NJCAA)
Cheyenne Banks	42	C	6'4"	Graduate student	McLoud, OK	Central Arkansas
Sophie Benharouga	77	F	6'2"	Graduate student	Grenoble, France	Seattle

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 6:00 p.m.	Newman	W 96–49		–	–	–	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lincoln (MO)	W 96–42	1–0	17 – Harding	7 – Tied	9 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (689) Wichita, KS
November 6, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwestern State	L 42–55	1–1	15 – Cater	9 – Benharouga	2 – McDonald	Charles Koch Arena (767) Wichita, KS
November 11, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Western Kentucky	L 71–73 ^OT	1–2	19 – Harding	8 – McDonald	7 – Davis	E.A. Diddle Arena (603) Bowling Green, KY
November 15, 2025* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Missouri State	L 57–66	1–3	12 – Thompson	8 – White	6 – Davis	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
November 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southeast Missouri State	L 62–69	1–4	15 – Cater	9 – McDonald	6 – Cater	Charles Koch Arena (808) Wichita, KS
November 22, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield	L 55–60	1–5	11 – Cater	7 – Sissoko	2 – Tied	Charles Koch Arena (846) Wichita, KS
November 28, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. UC Irvine UC Irvine ZotGiving Classic	L 52–58	1–6	21 – Harding	9 – Sissoko	6 – Davis	Bren Events Center (340) Irvine, CA
November 29, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Idaho UC Irvine ZotGiving Classic	L 61–83	1–7	12 – Sissoko	7 – Richardson	3 – Tied	Bren Events Center (441) Irvine, CA
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas Tech	L 43–83	1–8	11 – Harding	5 – Tied	3 – Davis	United Supermarkets Arena (3,339) Lubbock, TX
December 5, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Maryland Eastern Shore	L 52–56	1–9	14 – Richardson	5 – McDonald	3 – McDonald	Charles Koch Arena (761) Wichita, KS
December 13, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Marymount	W 71–64	2–9	23 – Cater	8 – McDonald	4 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (725) Wichita, KS
December 16, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts	W 79–65	3–9	24 – Cater	8 – McDonald	5 – Richardson	Charles Koch Arena (4,118) Wichita, KS
December 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Middle Tennessee	L 45–46	3–10	11 – Harding	8 – Thompson	3 – Tied	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
American regular season
December 30, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulsa	L 58–64	3–11 (0–1)	22 – Harding	8 – Thompson	3 – Davis	Reynolds Center (1,501) Tulsa, OK
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulane	L 60–70	3–12 (0–2)	18 – Harding	10 – Thompson	3 – Richardson	Charles Koch Arena (831) Wichita, KS
January 6, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Temple	L 50–70	3–13 (0–3)	10 – Richardson	6 – Thompson	2 – Tied	Charles Koch Arena (760) Wichita, KS
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	East Carolina	L 56–83	3–14 (0–4)	12 – Thompson	9 – Thompson	3 – Tied	Charles Koch Arena (872) Wichita, KS
January 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Florida Atlantic	L 64–88	3–15 (0–5)	17 – Cater	5 – Cater	3 – Reeves	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (445) Boca Raton, FL
January 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at South Florida	L 53–75	3–16 (0–6)	8 – Tied	3 – Washington	2 – Reeves	Yuengling Center (2,581) Tampa, FL
January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Memphis	W 66–59	4–16 (1–6)	42 – Cater	7 – Tied	7 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (894) Wichita, KS
January 27, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at East Carolina	W 63–54	5–16 (2–6)	16 – Sissoko	9 – McDonald	6 – Davis	Williams Arena (674) Greenville, NC
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UAB	L 65–83	5–17 (2–7)	13 – Cater	7 – Davis	7 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (1,083) Wichita, KS
February 3, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulsa	L 65–75	5–18 (2–8)	24 – Harding	7 – Thompson	11 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (902) Wichita, KS
February 7, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte	L 72–81	5–19 (2–9)	21 – Harding	5 – Tied	6 – Davis	Halton Arena (716) Charlotte, NC
February 10, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic	L 77–79 ^OT	5–20 (2–10)	27 – Cater	8 – Tied	6 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (747) Wichita, KS
February 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice	L 42–80	5–21 (2–11)	11 – Cater	4 – Tied	2 – White	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,088) Houston, TX
February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA Play4Kay	W 62–61	6–21 (3–11)	19 – Harding	6 – Davis	5 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (845) Wichita, KS
February 25, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB	W 60–54	7–21 (4–11)	19 – Thompson	10 – Carter	7 – Richardson	Bartow Arena (310) Birmingham, AL
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane	L 54–62	7–22 (4–12)	24 – Cater	6 – Tied	3 – Davis	Devlin Fieldhouse (820) New Orleans, LA
March 3, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Texas	W 60–55	8–22 (5–12)	20 – Cater	10 – Cater	6 – Davis	Charles Koch Arena (885) Wichita, KS
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis	L 61–65	8–23 (5–13)	19 – Cater	11 – Cater	3 – Davis	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (704) Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

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